How to use "parallel" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

by BuildMyVocab

Example sentences for "parallel" in popular movie and book plots

  • A parallel plot follows Lesra Martin, an underprivileged youth from Brooklyn, now living in Toronto.  - The Hurricane (1999 film)
  • She begins by talking about the concept of a parallel universe and how easy it is to slip into one, comparing insanity to an alternate world.  - Girl, Interrupted
  • A parallel plotline focuses on Mathieu eighteen months later, as he recovers from the shock of their separation.  - Presque rien
  • A parallel story introduces a girl named Cathy Ames, who grows up in a town not far from the brothers' family farm.  - East of Eden (novel)
  • The Key itself and the consequences of its use parallel Jack's progress in his own endeavors.  - Jack of Shadows
  • In a parallel story, she has been searching for her son.  - The Search
  • The tempters arrive, three of whom parallel the Temptations of Christ.  - Murder in the Cathedral
  • dr Petersen notices that dr Edwardes has a peculiar phobia about sets of parallel lines against a white background.  - Spellbound (1945 film)
  • John breaks down as he witnesses the arrest of Powell as a parallel to the arrest of his real father.  - The Night of the Hunter (film)
  • London Below is a parallel world in and beneath the sewers.  - Neverwhere
  • A parallel plot is Prentice's gradual transition from an adolescent fixation on one young woman to a more mature love for another.  - The Crow Road
  • Several locations on the parallel world of Terra and the dream land of Memoria round out the game's areas.  - Final Fantasy IX
  • In a parallel plot line, Oberon, king of the fairies, and Titania, his queen, have come to the forest outside Athens.  - A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Determined to sink to the lowest level of society Gordon takes a furnished bed-sitting-room in a filthy alley parallel to Lambeth Cut.  - Keep the Aspidistra Flying
  • In parallel with this, the government has become a de facto oligarchy whose beneficiaries are members of organised crime.  - The Shockwave Rider
  • This version also appears in Callimachus' Fifth Hymn, as a mythical parallel to the blinding of Tiresias after he sees Athena bathing.  - Actaeon

Meaning of "parallel" in English

Can you explain the meaning of "parallel" in simple English? Help us by submitting your answer as comments.

Meaning of "parallel" in Hindi

Do you know the Hindi meaning for "parallel"? Let us know by posting a comment and earn good karma.

Discuss anything about the word parallel below. Improve your vocabulary. Ask experts and help others learn new words. Prepare for exams like GRE, CAT, GMAT, Bank PO, GATE, SAT and others. Learn English as a second language.